Tuberculosis in indigenous children in the Brazilian Amazon Tuberculosis en niños indígenas en el Amazonas Brasileño Tuberculose em crianças indígenas da Amazônia brasileira
OBJECTIVE: Assess the epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in Brazilian indigenous children and actions to control it.METHODS: An epidemiological study was performed with 356 children from 0 to 14 years of age in Rondônia State, Amazon, Brazil, during the period 1997-2006.Cases of TB reported to the Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System were